DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: MON 06/08 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.8 - - 77.6 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 3 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2991 - - 2210 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2472 - - 922 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3880 - - 3099 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2128 - - 2216 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 309 - - 125 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 158 - - 156 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 7 - - 9 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 982 - - 993 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2898 - - 2106 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -396 - - 64 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4276 - - 3035 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 92 - - 100 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1720 - - 1650 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.8 - - 77.6 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 70.8 - - 71.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 80.1 - - 77.9 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 69.7 - - 70.4 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 120 - - 3 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2991 - - 2210 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 70 - - 99 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 15 - - 16 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98818 22 104 28 112 98818 91333 15 118 17 094 91333 85601 17 103 11 094 85601 80860 19 080 14 091 80860 76789 20 074 17 083 76789 73201 17 088 17 067 73201 69963 18 090 12 068 69963 66996 11 085 10 067 66996 64248 8 048 4 041 64248 61595 6 005 3 311 61595 58833 9 359 4 320 58833 55962 12 321 11 297 55962 53223 16 296 18 287 53223 50755 19 274 21 280 50755 48539 21 266 23 276 48539 46529 22 253 22 264 46529 44691 17 231 19 243 44691 42994 18 212 18 225 42994 41413 18 217 15 209 41413 39929 26 203 17 191 39929 38534 34 180 20 189 38534 37187 30 160 21 201 37187 35813 29 166 24 192 35813 34380 26 167 28 185 34380 32892 22 172 27 185 32892 31334 19 174 25 188 31334 29695 17 174 22 186 29695 27976 15 168 18 182 27976 26176 12 159 16 180 26176 24298 12 161 15 172 24298 22348 14 156 18 159 22348 20323 20 165 14 156 20323 18219 23 154 18 157 18219 16072 30 144 20 158 16072 14008 29 142 24 151 14008 12140 23 156 23 154 12140 10485 19 168 21 158 10485 9011 18 160 20 157 9011 7698 19 147 21 158 7698 6531 19 142 21 164 6531 5499 18 143 20 167 5499 4590 18*145 19 163 4590 3787 17*149 18*160 3787 3067 17 155 16*159 3067 2430 17 158 14 156 2430 1898 16 160 13 156 1898 1489 16 161 12 155 1489 1207 15 162 11 155 1207 1036 14 162 10 155 1036 938 11 163 7 154 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography